Applicant(s): Tsai; Buck S., Taipei, Taiwan Issued/Filed Dates: April 24, 1990 / Dec. 1, 1987 E2 (Expired) Application Number: US1987000127069 IPC Class: G06F 015/38; Class: Current: 707/535; 400/110; 400/484; Original: 364/419; 400/110; 400/484; Field of Search: 400/110,484,489 364/419,200 MS File,900 MS File Priority Number(s): June 22, 1987 CN1987076103564
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I claim: 1. An improved method of inputting Chinese characters and phrases, each of the phrases including more than two characters, each of the character including at least one radical, and each of the radical including at least one stroke, wherein 244 basic radicals for forming the characters are associated with 41 keys of a computer keyboard, comprising the following steps:
(1) selecting a radical covering as many strokes as
possible without taking consideration of stroke orders;
(2) using at most four codes for a character while
omitting the code between the third code and the last
code;
(3) entering first the radical in the middle portion of a
character in case the middle portion is flanked
symmetrically by a left side portion and a right side
portion, with the exception that the side portions are " ",
" ", " " or " ";
(4) entering first a radical enclosing the remaining
strokes of a character on four sides or three sides or
upper left and right sides;
(5) entering a radical enclosing the remaining stroke of
a character on lower left and right sides after inputting
the remaining stroke, for example, " " and " ";
(6) entering directly the radicals of " " and " " if their
strokes are completed before crossing by the other
stroke, for example, " " and " "; otherwise, the radical of
" " is keyed in alternatively, for example, " " and " ";
(7) entering the radical of " " by " " instead of " " in case
the radical is crossed with other stroke, for example, " "
being keyed in by " " instead of " "; and
(8) entering directly the radical of " " is without taking
consideration of the stroke contained therein; and
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